I am a health informatics consultant with a pharmacy background. During the past years I have learned and realized the importance of health informatics in our life today as health professionals and how important and critical it’s for patients. Automated systems are very challenging and require accurate and prompt response. It's a very sensitive field in which each second might make a difference for us.
I am a visionary person who can plan long term strategies to achieve his goals. I believe that success is a journey not a destination.
Specialties: Pharmacy Informatics & Automation, Decision Support Systems DSS, Computerized Physician Order Entry CPOE, IV automation, Robotic systems, BCMA, Smart Pumps, bar coding, supply chain, e-prescribing, HIE, HIS, clinical terminology, RFP design/evaluation.

CEO and Information Security Consultant, for an IT resources company serving Healthcare providers in Central and Southern Ohio. I have held the CISSP certification for six years and am active in ISSA and Infragard.
Also serve as the lead project manager and managing a staff of sub-contractor/employees.
Key Contributions:
 Developed and manage a team of professionals in IT Infrastructure, Practice Management and Telecommunications, driven to serve our clients.
 Developing and implementing Security policy/procedure for medical practices throughout Ohio.
 Implementation of EMR and Practice Management software systems.
 Project management on telecom, network and other vendor projects on behalf of clients.
 Created company policies and procedures governing HIPAA, corporate security, email and Internet usage, access control, and incident response for multiple client sites.
 Provide and lead educational seminars in information security to client company management and staff.
 Consult and Pre-Assessment for EHR Implementation and Meaningful Use reimbursement.
 Process Audit and InfoSec audit for 20M plus revenue company client.

Allen is currently the COO of a medium HIT organization providing strategic and operational leadership for business development. Prior to this, Allen worked at The Office of the National Coordinator providing strategic policy planning for the EHR Incentive Program and outreach and coordination in support of federal grantees. Allen has also worked with local health officials in Maryland to analyze emergency department usage data and identify gaps in preventative care objectives. Allen has spent time consulting on various projects including India’s first emergency response system and providing support for their expansion across larger rural regions of the country. Allen started his career in healthcare at Healthwise where he helped clients integrate patient educational material and resources into EHRs, PHR, and web portals. Allen received his M.P.H. and M.B.A. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public and the Carey Business School.